Label-rack



(No Model.)

F. X. -LE FEBVRE.

LABEL 1110K.

No. 153,149.` Patented May 26,1891.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FRANCIS XAVIER LE FEBVRE, OF CLAREMONT, NIV HAMPSHIRE.

LABEL- RACK;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,149, dated May 26, 1891.

Application filed September 27, 1890. Serial No. 366,314. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS XAVIER LE FEBVRE, a resident of Claremont, inthe county of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, have ferent stations, oihces, places, or routes, as the case may be.

Heretofore mail-bags have been suspended from racks or frames secured to the side of a car, hooks being provided on the frames for the bags, and label-holders have been at- `tached to said frames between the hooks. At each end of the route it is customary to change theV labels one by one, usually by removing them from their holders and reinserting them in a reverse position, so as to present the proper names for the return-trip.

This has been found to occupy considerable time, and the label-holder, being secured on the same frame-bars as the hooks, interferes with their adjustment and proper relative distribution on the frame, it being necessary to adjust the hook according to the size of thelabel-holders rather than according to the size and fullness of the bags, as is desirable.

My invention consists in means for avoiding these objections and for otherwise improving devices of this character, as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a partial plan of a combined label and bag holder attached to a wall, the latter being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modiication. Fig.' 3 is a section on line ocx of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a partial elevation of the frame shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of alabel-holder. Fig. 6 is an end elevation, and Fig. 7 a partial longitudinal section, of a modification of the label-holder. Fig. 9 is a partial plan, and Fig. 8 an end view, of a modification.

In the several figures, E denotes the wall of a car or other structure, and D a frame provided with bars for the support of mail-bag hooks a. For convenience these hooks are omitted in Figs. l and 2, except at the righthand parts of the same.

A A denote label -holders ,of cylindrical form. They are supported from the frameD by means of posts or bracketsH H', provided with suitable sockets H2, secured to the fram es, preferably at their ends. The label-holders are adapted to be held in the brackets, but so as to be readily turned therein when desired. To prevent rattling and provide frictional bearings, the sockets in each of the posts or brackets can be lined with any suitable lining, or the holders can be made of elastic material. If the tubular form is employed, linings for the bearings or for the exterior of the tubes where they rest in the bearings can be used; or each tubular holder can be split lengthwise on one side, so as to be made elastic and expansiblcwhen compressedand fitted in its bearings. Neither the particular means of lining nor the shape of the label-holder is essential to the main part of the improvement. The holders can be turned in their bearings, and are provided with labels on their opposite sides, one side being arranged in view during one part of the complete route, or at certain times, and the other brought to View by turning the holder at other times, as the circumstances of use require. By this means one set of several labels which 'have fuliilled their purpose for the present can be temporarily removed from sight and another set brought into service by simply turning the holder. It is obvious that more than two sets of labels may be oppositely placed on each roller or holder, and also that it is notessential that the body of theI roller be circular in cross-section. If the ends of the holders are made angular, their bearings can be modified by making them of similar form and slotting them on the upper side, so that the holders can be lifted out, as indicated in Figs. S and 9. As indicated in these figures, the holders may be attached directly to the car.

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In Figs. c and et are shown single bracket end bearings C for each roller. The latter gure indicates that the hooks may be arranged at different distances from each other as required by the pouches which they may support. A side view of a double hook and the manner of attaching the intermediate brackets B to frame D is shown in Fig. 3; but the particular construction is immaterial.

In Fig. 5, C and C indicate the end bearings of a roller A. A spring F is arranged in one end of this roller and provided with a bearing, (indicated at CL) its opposite being se-y cured to a movable plug or piece G, provided preferably with a conical end to bear upon the interior of the socket in the bracket. b is a pin against which the roller is pressed by the spring, and the end of the roller is pro vided with a depression or depressions having inclined walls, substantially as indicated, so that the pin locks the holder when suitably turned.

The particular construction is not essential, and in Figs. 6 and 7 is' shown a modification in which a spring e is made to engage and hold a plug or journal g,provided with a projection f. This journalg is made fast in the holder and has a bearing in the bracket I, a similar one in I for a journal g being provided at the opposite end.

It is not material how the names are applied to the rollers or label-holders. Labels may be tacked or pasted on or the names may be Written, painted, or printed on the holder, nor is it essential that the holder be supported on the frame. The particular form and length of the frame and number of bars are not important, and, as will be understood, the forni and arrangement of diitcrent parts may be variously modified by mechanics without departing from the invention, provided the substantial principles of construction and operation remain unchanged. Thus, for example, several rollers could be geared together so as to be rotated by one operation, and one or more rollers may be adapted to be turned by either a Wrench or crank.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure. by Letters Patent isl. The combination of a label-holder provided with two or more series of labels on different sides thereof and adapted to be turned, a frame provided with bearings for said holder, and a pouch-supporting frame having a hook supporting bar under the label-holder provided with pouch-hooks, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a label-holder provided with two or more series of labels on different sides thereof and adapted to be turned, a frame provided with bearings for said holder, a locking device for the holder, and a pouch-supportin g frame having a hooksupporting bar under the label-holder provided with pouch-hooks, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this speciiication in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS XAVIER LE FEBVRE.

Witnesses:

C. B. SPoFFoRD, G. BURR. 

